Devieilhe’s singing lights up the good, the bad and the music of Ambroise Thomas with her vivid, pure tone and apparently limitless breath. Alexandre Tharaud pops in as a sensitive piano partner;... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2018More…

Kaufmann is a consummate artist who rethinks everything that he sings…You can almost forgive the hooded, crooner-like tone that [he] favours when his characters are interrogating their souls.... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2017, ****More…

Kaufmann is a consummate artist who rethinks everything that he sings…You can almost forgive the hooded, crooner-like tone that [he] favours when his characters are interrogating their souls.... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2017, ****More…

This is the first operatic recital disc of the greatest lyric baritone of our time, indeed one of the greatest of any time. Everything is built… on superb breath control and a remarkable capacity... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2006, *****More…

... most British listeners will still remember Dmitri Hvorostovsky beating Bryn Terfel as Cardiff Singer of the World. In the Russian repertoire he's naturally at home... But the real revelation... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2008, *****More…

Release Date: 12th Sep 2007

Catalogue No: DE3365

Label: Delos

Length: 72 minutes

Awards:

CD

$15.00

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La cour de Célimène is an utterly charming work. Within just a few bars, the overture evokes an atmosphere of the ancien régime, and the music remains graceful and lively throughout. There... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2008, ****More…

Release Date: 28th Apr 2008

Catalogue No: ORC37

Label: Opera Rara

Length: 95 minutes

Awards:

2 CDs

$31.50

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This is an interestingly put together recital which manages to illuminate much of the tenor repertoire in 19th century French opera (and early) whilst mixing the known and the unknown. Of course,... — MusicWeb InternationalMore…